Phoenix vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phoenix	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2395	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5245	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$1494	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$2384	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4432	$374
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	69	56
😀 Quality of life	90	57
🏙️ Population	1.61M	2.42M

The cost of living in Phoenix is 240% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 955th and 6861st ($2395 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 875th and 25th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Phoenix compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Phoenix ranked 31st best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 146th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phoenix vs Salvador

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	Phoenix	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$6.21	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1215	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2412	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2009	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3133	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.4	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.8	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.3	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1103	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12281	$10392

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Cities near Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677